GEORGE BUSH

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May 25, 1976 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - Extensions o
was able to observe firsthand what that House of Representatives' failure to pass the bidden City to the Ming Tombs -to the Great
-nation has done to relieve itself from $6 billion synthetic fuels loan guarantee pro- Wall and she has dens her h+ ework ex
dependence on oil and gas. gram last year was particularly tragic. tremely well. George
has a iVlgkfng
12112, which will enable our Nation to loan guarantees will not be enough to com- he cannot say with words he does with a
demonstrate the coal technology already mercialize the many coal conversion tech- smile, a wave and great enthusiasm. 'It is
available at a scale much larger than has nologies than are needed. If the nation is seri- exciting to see him in action.
been built anywhere in the world. The ous about accelerating synthetic fuels pro- Both George and Barbara liked China,
progress that we make in this Country duction, it must establish a broad-gauged the challenge, the chance to improve our
demonstrating these technologies iS incentives program. Of course, loan guaran- relations with this vast country that holds
tees will be needed, particularly if we are to one fifth of the world's people, and the
closely linked to the incentive program have enough gas to go around 5 or 10 years opportunity for personal and friendly diplo.
that we have developed. hence, but so will price supports, market macy. Eighteen days does not make one a
Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to re- guarantees, and whatever incentives creative "new China hand" let alone an old one,
view this, important and timely article: minds can devise to contribute to the out- and I do not know what the official opinions
GETTING DOWN To DOING IT! sized task at hand. are about the United States, but on first
(By Carl Bagge) What we need is energy independence. And hand observation, they do like George Bush.
as the South Africans have capably shown, In fact, after leaving Peking all of the tour
Once after witnessing a unique social ex- the answer is to be found in doing, not talk- guides we spoke with had the highest regard
periment, Chicago journalist Lincoln Stef- ing about it. for him. One can't help but feel that in
fens delivered what was perhaps his most George and Barbara the United States has
memorable line: "I-have been over into the put its best diplomatic foot forward,
future, and it works." Wherever we went in our big black Chev-
Recently, together with 11 American coal GEORGE BUSH rolet with the U.S. flag flying from the right
executives attending a meeting of the Inter- national Committee for Coal Research in front fender, people smiled and when we got
South Africa, I witnessed the kind of reality- HON. BOB WILSON out at a restaurant or a store or Chinese
as-a-vision that must have prompted Stef- landmark, the people crowded around and
fens to make that remark. For as we walked of CALIFORNIA George or Barbara were the first to break
past the coal hoppers and reactors at the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the tee with a smile, a wave, a handshake or
South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corpora- a friendly Ni Hao. There are nineteen Amer-
tion's coal conversion complex in Sasolburg, Tuesday, May 25, 1976 leans et the U.S. Liaison mOffice ost and all that
we realized-some way, some-how, this is the Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, hav- we met-and we met most of them-ex-
way things are going to have to be in the ing recently returned from a visit to the pressed great sorrow at his leaving.
U.S. And we in the U.S. coal industry are people's Republic of China, I am aware Both George and Barbara have that unique
going to have to play a most critical role in ability whether they are talking to the e
making it work. of the great pioneering job that our guard, the Australian Ambassador or office
the
The Sasol plant we toured represents a former colleague, George Bush, "per- Chinese who take care of the tennis courts
most remarkable example of what can be formed until recently as head of the at the International Club to make each feel
done, given incentive, technical virtuosity U.S. Liaison Office in Peking. Both welcome and important. They truly appre-
and most importantly, the national deter- George and his wife, Barbara, have warm ciate the kindnesses and courtesies that are
urination to attain a difficult goal. - and friendly personalities which is im- shown them, and they communicate that
Without getting into the ins and outs of portent in a job that requires much tact feeling effectively. Incidentally, while on his
the complex situation in South Africa today, and understanding. This was important assignment George established himself as
I would like to point out that the people of the best doubles player (tennis) in the coun-
South Africa decided more than 25 years ago in his job of representing the United try. We saw him, teamed with the Ghana
that they must develop a capacity for energy States in a country where we have not Ambassador, win easily against two younger
self-sufficiency. They then proceeded to de- been welcome for decades. Australians in the international semi-finals.
velop a strategy in a step-by-step fashion to Mr. Speaker, I insert a recent item Socially there is little contact with the
attain that goal. which appeared in the Alumni Bulletin Chinese officials. During our stay we had the
Because coal is their chief energy resource, of the Phillips Academy of Andover, opportunity to spend some time with Ambas-Zealand,
and sit able material basis for their energy self-suf- Mass., a school which George Bush at- jooyyeflsa family dinner attheuSri Australia Em-
ficlency. And since the Fischer eopsch proc- tended. The article appeared in the form bassy. I suspect that George has done an
ess developed in Germany was perhaps the of a letter from Ernest Obermeyer, one of equally fine job in representing us and giv-
most proven technology for producing liquids his former classmates at Phillips, who ing these other ambassadors a better under-
from coal, It is the technology they are using recently visited George and Barbara and standing of our country.
today, to produce 25 percent of the gasoline saw them in action: Both George and Barbara were looking for-
consumed in their nation. News has been scarce, but for once I'm ward to spending two years in Peking before
There are, of course, those in the United not complaining because I'd like to take a that fateful Sunday call summoning him
States who point out the primitive nature of few paragraphs to write about our most back to Washington. In fact, he confided
the Fischer Tropsch process and claim it is newsworthy class member. At this writing that he had requested the assignment in
highly uneconomic. George and Barbara Bush are on their way Preference to some other more prestigious
The South Africans know all of this, but home to Washington. By the time you posts that were offered to him. He has e a
they also know that energy independence is read these notes, he will, no doubt, have sincere belief that China is where the future
more important than quibbling over dollars been confirmed as the Director of the CIA. personable, efforts he could use his personal and
or the level of technological accomplishment. Thanks to his efforts and their unbound- p ? efforts to the greater benefit of
t. The
That's why they went ahead and did what ing hospitality and aided by Bunny's TWA C.Ithe.Acountyher summons was as than elsewhere
feel
o him
they had to do, which is far more than we can passes and air fare privileges, we were able to if for n. no other was a than he did not
say about our national effort in this 'direc- spend 18 days in the People's Republic of he had other reason than h he di not feel
tion. he the opportunity to finish his work in
China. Our trip took us from New York via Peking. But in his own words this too was "a
Let's face facts. The U.S. economy is de- Athens to Peking. There we were met on the challenge he felt it was his duty to accept."
pendent on oil and gas and we're running out runway on a chilly November evening by In this cynical world in which we live I'm
of them. Coal, on the other hand, is our most the Bushes. (Just getting from the runway sure it is difficult for some people to under-
plentiful fuel, and few would disagree that thru the airport and out calls for the sort stand George. Unfortunately, some of our
ultimately we must gasify it,-liquefy it, and of expertise that George has. It is an India- newspapers keep referring to him as a "Texas
use it as material basis for our economy. cribably different world.) oil millionaire." Literally this may be true
This is precisely why we must begin today to The United States Liaison Office is a large, but, the connotation 6ouldn't be more er-
build full-scale demonstration plants to comfortable stone compound in one of the roneous. He was in the oil business. He
show once and for all what can and cannot two embassy areas in Peking. George and worked hard. He was successful. He is com-
be done and how much it will cost to do it. - Barbara are the greatest hosts either of us .fortable. He won't go hungry but John Paul
And if this means building several plants have met. They made sure that we saw and Getty he Is not, nor does merely making
that are uneconomic or difficult to operate, did everything there was to do in this both 41pney excite him. His life style is simple.
so be it. You can't have meaningful progress exciting and historic city. Later we encoun. His interests are multi-dimensional. He poe-
without taking some chances. tered official China Tour Guides in each of sestet those character traits that many have
The task is so large, and the risks are so the cities we visited and looking back, Bar- forgotten still exists--true patriotism, a
great, however, that industry cannot be ex- bara Bush was far superior to any of them. sense of duty to people and country, a desire
pected to do it alone. And this is why the She has studied the territory from the For- to serve and all coupled with a boundless
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enthusiasm. and a studied optimism. He has
a controlled ambition that sublimates per-
sonal advancement to character, honesty and
a knowledge of what's right. George is an
endangered species of political animal and
that's unfortunate for us all. Thanks to his
efforts Bunny and I were able to travel in
China by train to Nanking, to Wusih to
Soochow to Shanghai and then by plane to
Canton and on to the border by train and
finally the walk out of China and on to Hong
Kong. It was an unforgetable odyssey but
that's another story.
THE FEA: DIRECTING AND
ADMINISTERING WHAT?
HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER
OF COLORADO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, May 25, 1976
Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, H.R.
12169, the House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee's bill to give' the
Federal Energy Administration 39 more
months of life also authorizes $39 mil-
lion for the continuation of the FEA's
Office of Executive Direction and Admin-
istration. On the other hand, the
Schroeder-Fithian substitute to H.R.
12169, which was printed in the May t8,
RECORD at page H4545, proposes to abol-
ish all of this Office-except for its office
dealing with private grievances and re-
dress. There are sound reasons for elim-
inating this office, its $39 million budget,
and its 1,000 employees.
The Office of Executive Direction and
Administration is the head of the body
we know as the FEA. It consists of an
Office of Administrator, Office of Man-
agement and Administration, Office of
General Counsel, Office of Communica-
tions and Public Affairs, Office of Con-
gressional Affairs, Office of Intergovern-
anental, Regional, and Special Programs,
and the Office of Private Grievances and
Redress. The problems with these offices
are noted below:
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR
The Office of Administrator contains
the job which Mr. Zarb presently oc-
cupies. H.R. 12169 proposes to give this
appendage $2.1 million over the next 15
months. The prime function of the Office
apears to be keeping the FEA's other
functions in line while Mr. Zarb is off
making speeches, many times traveling
by charter aircraft. If I may quote from
the FEA budget submission for this year,
the main occupation of this office for last
year was:
The "energy-wise" education of the Ameri-
can people concerning energy problems
through an increased volume of speeches by
the Administrator, two Deputy Administra-
tors, and Assistant Administrators, who
transmitted the Presidential direction for
increased efforts in reaching consumer groups
on conservation.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
The Office of Management and Ad-
ministration supposedly oversees the or-
ganizational matters of the Federal En-
ergy Administration. Unfortunately, it
neverr seems to have gotten this act to-
gether, other than for promoting. the
mean salaries of FEA employees to the
RECORD - Extensions of, Remarks May, 25,
highest in the Federal bureaucracy. In
fact, in its unfounded zeal to manage
and administer the PEA bureaucracy, it
has had to contrast out-at $92 per'hour,
slightly more than the President makes-
for services on how to set up its bureauc-
racy. The following correspondence I
have had with the Civil Service Com-
mission does, I believe, lay out the es-
sence of this Office's bungling:
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., April 21, 1976.
JOSEPH DAMICO,
Director, Bureau of Executive i1ranpower,
U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washing-
ton, D.C.
DEAR MR. DAMico: In 1974 the Federal
Energy Office/Federal Energy Administra-
tion, at the direction of then FEO Adminis-
trator and nq)pgty Secretary of the Treasury
William St*
_VA let a $215,725 contract to
Korn/Ferry a national entitled "Design
Within FEO r#'Executive Development Pro-
gram."
According to FEA documents reviewed by
my staff, the purpose of the contract was
to define FEO positions, write job sheets,
identify qualified candidates, and set up a
Human Resources Department at FEO for
organizational development, manpower plan-
ning, and re6ruiting.
Fees under this contract ranged from $14
an hour for secretarial staff up to $92 an
hour for Korn/Ferry executive staff.
I would appreciate it if your Bureau would
review this contract to ascertain if the serv-
ices purchased were duplicative of services
already available from the Civil Service Com-
mission (or the White House Personnel Of-
fice) or whether the contract or any activi-
ties carried out under the contract were in
violation of applicable federal law.
Second, it is my understanding that last
year the Civil Service Commission inspected
the FEA and found that they had no execu-
tive development program at all.
I would appreciate being provided with a
copy of your inspection report.
With kind regards.
Sincerely,
PATRICIA SCHROEDER,
Congresswoman.
U.S.. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
BUREAU OF EXECUTIVE MANPOWER,
Washington, D.C., May 6, 1976.
Hon. PATRICIA SCHao ss,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR Ms. SCHROEDER: This is in reply to
your letter of April 21, 1976, concerning a
1974 contract let by the Federal Energy Of-
fice (now, Federal Energy Administration)
and captioned "Design Within FEO" an Ex-
ecutive Development Program." In connec-
tion with this matter, you ask whether "the
services purchased were duplicative of serv-
ices already available from the Civil Service
Commission (or the White House Personnel
Office) or whether the contract or any activi-
ties carried out under the contract were in
violation of applicable law."
As an initial matter, it should be stressed
that under policies laid down by the Office of
Management and Budget in the Executive
Office of the President, each Executive
agency is responsible for determining
whether a particular mission or function re-
quired of it shall be performed in-house by
Federal employees or by a private contractor.
These policies; which are set out in Circular
No. A-76 of the Office of Management and
Budget, require that an agency take into
consideration a number of factors before de-
ciding to perform a function by in-house
services or br contracting-out. Some of these
factors are the costs- involved (i,e., is it less
expensive to contract out or to do the job in-
house)-, the" degree of disruption or delay in-
volved by contracting out, and the avail-
ability of a readily usable private centrpatgt'.
In every instance the ultimate detera?ina-
tion is, required to be based on a finding as to
The Civil Service Commission is out au-
thorized to review an Executive agency's de-
termination to perform a particular mission
or function by contracting out rather than
inhouse. hire. Our interest An this area- is
11a41ted to determining whether agency con-
tracting practices are consistent with Fed-
eral"-personnel policy required by pertinent
laws; rules, and regulations. More specifi-
eslty; it is our obligation to protect the integ-
rity of the, appointive process contemplated
by chapters 31 and 33 of title 5, United
States Code. The Commission sees to *it that
the term "employee," as defined in 5 U.S.C.
section 2105 and used elsewhere in that .title,
its properly applied in the manner intended
by Congress since so many important em-
ployee benefits depend on whether an indi-
vidual is or is not an employee as so defined.
The Commission's critical concern is, thus,
whether by contract an Executive agency has
made an arrangement between Government
personnel and contractor personnel which is
tantamount to an employer-employee rela-
tionship. If such a relationship is found, e.g.,
contractor employees are supervised directly,
by Government employees, we require ap-
propriate corrective action. Of course, since
personnel management subject, we would .
also have an interest in making.certain that
the substantive results of the contract com-
port fully with applicable personnel prac-
tices and policies. At all events, typically, in
order to determine whether a contract ar-
rangement is proper, we must go beyond its
stated terms and evaluate the manner in'..
which it was actually administered. Thus,
while we shall thoroughly review the terms
of the contract here and any related docu-
ments, the Commission's Bureau of Peson-
nel Management Evaluation (with the as-
sistance of the Bureau of Executive Man-
power) will, if necessary, also jointly go on-
site at the Federal Energy Administration
in order to make such Inquiries as are neces-
sary fully to understand the way in which
the contract was administered. Of course, in
view of our general personnel management
oversight responsibility, we shall also care-
fully evaluate whatever "product" may- have
resulted from the contract. .
As you can see, the question from our
standpoint is not one of duplicative'selviess.
Nonetheless, the Civil Service Commission
does have a keen interest in assuring that
executive branch agencies manage their to-
tal personnel resources in a prudent and
cost-effective manner. And, in this conned-
the necessary review and promptly report
our findings to you when our consideration
of the matter Is completed. If we find that
the administration of the contract by- FEA
violated any provisions of Federal personnel
statutes, we shall direct appropriate action.
You have also asked for a copy of a recent
Civil Service Commission evaluation report
on the Federal Energy Administration
which, among other things, dealt with thq
question of executive development. We have.
enclosed a copy of the pertinent report. With
reference to it, however, we wish to point
out that the Court of Appeals has affirmed`in
Vaughn v. Rosen, a Freedom of Information
Act case which dealt with the release of
Commission evaluation reports, that these -
portions of our reports which contain refer-
ence to individual employees or particular
agency officials are exempt from disclosure
to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552(b) CO). We
feel strongly that the personal privacy'cots-
siderations which underlay the Court's deci-
sion are especially important-.Therefore the pages which contain references to- individual
employees or particular agency officials have
been stamped accordingly. We trust that you
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